title: Corynebacterium endocarditis of a percutaneously placed transcatheter pulmonary valve.
abstract: We report a case of endocarditis of a transcatheter pulmonary valve-in-valve in a 14-year-old boy with tetralogy of Fallot. He presented with recurrent low-grade fevers, lethargy, and anorexia. Multiple blood cultures grew a gram-positive rod, Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum. He was taken to the operating room for removal of the vegetative endocarditis and pulmonary valve replacement.
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Pediatric Cardiology,Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center,Durham, North Carolina,United States of America.
authors.forename: Jason N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: 1Division of Pediatric Cardiology,Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center,Durham, North Carolina,United States of America.
authors.forename: Stephen G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Surgery,Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center,Durham, North Carolina,United States of America.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lodge
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis